The Opelousas courier., 1887-08-06
Extracts from Picayume EditOs
rial ON the State Canvass.
WITH A FEW NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS.

By the Terrebonne Advocates Critic.
We are in receipt of the most encouraging
intelligence from the country parishes in re-
gard to the success of the canvass in behalf
of Gen. Nichols nomination for the govern
ship"
Terrebonne is one of the country parishes
although the Picayune calls it g Neck of
Woods" If any encouraging intelligence of
the aforesaid kind has reached you from this
section. you may safely put it down as clear
case of optical illusion, or mistaken identity,
or Eli Perkins. McEnery men hold the fort
down here, the woods" are full of them
"We are convinced that if the will of the
Louisiana Democracy could be fully and
fairly ascertained tomorrow, it would be
found that Gen. Nichols is the choice OF
large majority of the people"
1t is a somewhat singular coincidence, but
we are just as firmly convinced that when the
win of the Louisiana Democracy is fully, and
fairly ascertained, whether it be tomorrow
or next week, or the day the Convention
meets, Gen. Nichols will be found, not en-
tirely unconnected with a majority, inasmuch
as he will be buried under o majority so over
whelming that his sanity followers will be
tempted to "gnaw file and flee into the
mountains of Hepsadan where the lion roar
eth, and the whangdoodle mourneth Tor its
first born
"The necessity for a change in the person
mel of the State administration is thoroughly
understood"
On one occasion a worthless courtier having
long and unsuccessfully besought Talleyrand
for position of some kind finally said :" But
my dear sir must live" The witty minister
Immediately replied II don't see the neees-
sity of itn As to change of administration,
we can't see the necessity of it, The old ship
seems be sailing smoothly along on a calm
summer sea. We don't see the necessity OF
taking a tack, or altering her course, or
changing her commander, just because an old
captain is anxious to supplant him, one VINO
| formerly stood on her quarter deck and came
near landing the old craft on her beam ends
in the breakers, and was discharged by his
| employers and has the reputation OF being
somewhat of mutineer besides oh no
Talleyrand agrees with US in this matter. we
| don't see the necessity OF it.
If his friends have the zeal as we'll as the
courage of their opinions his victory is assnr-
| ed.n
This is neatly constructed, we'll rounded
off at the corners, and plausible withal. 1t
gives us a real pain to interfere with it, But
| business is business. When we descend to
| the level of a critic, we invariably divest our
| selves of whatever sensibllitles may De found
| lurking about our person. 1t seems 10 us
| that, to have grasped in the whole situation
this sentence should have been built thus: Ii
| he has a sufficient number OF friends, with a
| sufficient number of well developed opinions
who can rake up sufficient amount OF Gun
| ming and zeal, and courage to pull the WOOL
over the eyes of Louisiana Democrats, ano
/ send a sufficient number of delegates to the
| con yention with a sufficient amount OF back;
bone to nominate him, his success is assured
| beyond peradventure, or any other adVen
ture-
~Wben he attends primary, or a paro
ehial convention (speaking of Ring Peliti
cian) in which his faction Is in the minority
/ he raises q row or bolts with view of coming
/ into the State Convention with contestlnt
delegation"
fabala adYYsat,tr de fe If this is not correc
Reform picture, then we are no cOnnasseu
i'm bric brae" The artist who designed thi
little gem should be encouraged. He ha
portrayed most life like reformer, when h'
intended to paint reckless ringster. " Am
phora cepit institui etc" -, he plans y vase ,ss
it dwindles to pot, just like the school bo
who makes dilapidated goat on bis slate
and calls il a race horse.
"The educated and talented young men o
the State for Instance, can hope for no sort @
political recognition or advancement unde
the present system of personal government
There's where you are badly mixed up i
your mathematics. There arc hundreds an
hundreds of educated aud talented youn
| men dong service III uuuOA tA
administration of today. The trouble wit
the small family of Reformers is. that the
cannot conceive of any educated, or talente
, old men, or young men or boys either, outsid
! of their own little eoterie. That's why the
are always so badly boycotted.
eff Thomas Jefferson were citizen of Lo,
isiaua to day he could not obtain a petty p;
rochial appointment"
!, Mixed up again. IfThomas Jefferson WEI
in L.ouisiana to-day he would be found lea,
!. ing the peoples party against a pompons, an
vanity inflated faction as he was in the al
tumn OF 1900 when he headed the Republica
or peoples party, and buried the haught
Federalists forever, and saying as he d
! then, 'sthat the mass of mankind has nj
been born with saddles on their backs; nor
favored few booted and spurred ready to rid
! them legitimately by the grace of God"